South Carolina AD Ray Tanner explains what motivated him to release a statement to support Will Muschamp
There was at least three statements last week by the South Carolina administration showing support for coach Will Muschamp. But in a way, they created more questions and angst among the fan base even before the loss at Texas A&M.
But after the game in College Station, reporters met with Athletics Director Ray Tanner, to ask about his statement of support, which Muschamp said in his post-game press conference was shared with him before release. The coach also said that he appreciates the support, and that it hasn’t changed since he’s been in Columbia.
“We have a very formal year-end evaluation of all of our coaches that they take part in,” Tanner said, according to The State. “It’s well-documented, and to have to speak out before the season ends, I wasn’t comfortable doing it, but I wasn’t comfortable staying quiet either.”
Muschamp has long maintained that his staff has won more in three seasons than any other in South Carolina history. He also promotes the culture and leadership in the locker room and organization.
Tanner in a radio interview Saturday echoed those sentiments.
“Have we won all the games we wanted to? No, we haven’t,” Tanner said. “We would love to have a couple of those back. But I just felt strongly about who he is and the type of program he runs, and I felt I needed to say something. Maybe I shouldn’t have, but that’s the way I felt at the time, and I feel strongly about who he is and the program he runs.”
If Tanner had any sense of honor we would fall on his sword and resign. But he won’t so he can go f off.
Just put Tanner back at head baseball coach and move Muschamp to D-coordinator. There would be nothing wrong with that. I bet both would be relieved.
You can’t just demote a HC to a coordinator. His continued presence would undermine the authority of his replacement.
Ray Tanner only cares about filling the stadium for the Clemson game, so the fans will buy a lot of hot dogs/burgers/sodas…all that adds up you know. A $19 million buyout is a lot of hot dogs & sodas.
After Clemson destroys the Gamecocks, the obvious decision is to FIRE MUSCHAMP, to stop the bleeding…as it’s not gonna get any better next year. Will is extremely hard-headed and is not really gonna change much. What’s hiring a new OC do if YOU DO NOT HAVE SEC CALIBER PLAYERS ? His recruits have been sub-SEC talent and of course it shows on the field. Appalachian State was not lucky, THEY ARE A MUCH BETTER TEAM, WITH BETTER RECRUITS AND WELL-COACHED in addition. You’ve gotta blame Ray Tanner…he hired Will. Time for the S.C. President to fire ’em both.
God’s a lie…. Phuk this man no fan base in the country deserves better than US. We just need another brawl on the field
lol, um.. what?
Tanner just can’t admit in public what an idiot he is for giving Chump that contract…here you go Chump, here’s 19 million not to coach our team next year..19 million just to go away.. Tanner should be fired at the same time Chumps fired…
Good news USC beat App State today. Thanks Coach Staley your ladies are more tough than the football team.
Tanner needs to be fired for a terrible hire and an obscene contract he gave to Nochamp. Nochamp needs to be fired because he can’t coach and his recruits are not very talented. Piss poor evaluations.
There is absolutely no ‘Football IQ’, whatsoever, at the top, viz., Tanner and Caslen. If they had any at all they would see Muschamp’s philosophy for what it is: build the offense from the outside-in, rather than from inside-out, i.e., 4 and 5-star recruits on the offensive line first, then add your 3 and 4-star skill players, afterwards. Muschamp’s arrogance will not allow him to do that. For example, he defies the star-ranking process and boastfully exclaims, “I know more than they do.” And yet, we have to watch skill-position players struggle, mightily, because he chooses to put 2 and 3 star (FCS-caliber) linemen in front of them. As long as Muschamp’s arrogance and incompetence goes unchecked, the Gamecocks are destined to suffer several years of mediocrity.